Asjadul Kibria | 2023-09-24 00:00:00
Countries across the world now appear less interested in extending cooperation with each other. As it is also impossible to entirely delink one from another, the nations are now concentrating more on limited and selective collaboration. Most countries have lost...
Sadly, the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has been sorely lacking in fulfilling one of its primary duties over the years. The fact that it has taken 23 years for this government agency to inspect 5,188 bridges to ascertain their...
BUENOS AIRES, Sept 22 (Agencies):Argentina captain Lionel Messi has taken a swipe at his former football club, Paris St Germain, claiming that the French club did not give him recognition after he returned from winning the FIFA World Cup with...
The United States will provide more than $116 million in additional humanitarian assistance to support vulnerable populations in Bangladesh, Myanmar and the region, reports UNB.The aid includes more than $74 million to support Rohingya refugees and their host communities.With this...
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
Heavy rain in Dhaka on Thursday night caused widespread flooding, disrupting essential markets and leading to a price hike of many essential items, including vegetables, spices and chickens. The met office measured 116 millimetres (mm) of rainfall from Thursday evening...
Four more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 879 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 2,153 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
The Department of Shipping (DoS) will prepare a standard operating procedure (SOP) soon with an eye to regulating safe handling of dangerous goods and solid bulk cargoes carried through seaway.According to officials, the formation of a 'competent authority', headed by...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $100 million in loan to help improve computer science, software engineering and information technology (IT) programmes in three universities of Bangladesh. To this effect, the ADB issued a press release from its headquarters...
REZAUL KARIM | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
The India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI) has requested the government to allow buffalo-meat import from India to meet the growing demand of the country, sources said.Recently, IBCCI President Abdul Matlub Ahmad has applied to the commerce ministry, seeking...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
Despite its immense potential, the once-economically vibrant Barishal division has become least-focused region in the country in terms of banking services availability.Even during the British regime, the region was considered one of the economically important areas of Bengal due to...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
The US Department of State has started applying visa restrictions on Bangladeshi individuals responsible or involved in undermining the democratic election process in Bangladesh"Today, the Department of State is taking steps to impose visa restrictions on Bangladeshi individuals responsible for,...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
In the wake of incessant rainfall throughout Thursday, Dhaka city struggled with severe waterlogging in multiple areas, causing widespread disruption to normal activities.Bangladesh Meteorological Department measured 116-millimetre (mm) rainfall from 6:00 pm on Thursday to 6:00 pm on Friday, which...
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the world community to keep the humanitarian assistance for the Rohingya and their repatriation on top of the agenda for a solution to the crisis created by Myanmar.The...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
Bilateral trade between Bangladesh and China finds a bonanza even in crunch time with huge necessary imports of capital goods by the former heavily tilting the balance towards Beijing. Official data show the annual turnover in the two-way trade in...
Light to moderate rain/ thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the country until 06:00 pm...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
Four people, including three members of a family, died due to electrocution amid heavy rains in the capital's Mirpur area on Thursday night. The dead are Md Mizan (30), his wife Mukta Begum (25), and their daughter Lima (7), and...
Deputy Minister for Water Resources AKM Enamul Haque Shamim speaking at a district development coordination meeting in Shariatpur on Thursday
US Ambassador in Bangladesh Peter Haas receiving a crest from Vice chancellor of North South University Prof Atiqul Islam at a function organised by the Center for Peace Studies (CPS) of the South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG)...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
Although the Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI) emerges as a transformative opportunity and holds with tremendous potential for Bangladesh, its potential growth remain still untapped significantly in the last 10 years.Speakers made the observations at the launch of a report styled 'BRI...
Bangladesh has urged all OIC Member States to contribute a voluntary fund to bearing the legal expenses incurred by the legal farm and support the efforts of The Gambia, reports UNB. "The Rohingya issue is a matter of continuous concern...
US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya holding talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday — Focus Bangla
SAIF UDDIN | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
A good number of freelancers in Bangladesh and in other emerging economies do not have access to social safety nets despite their inadequate earnings, according to a World Bank study.Around 40 per cent of surveyed freelancers in Bangladesh were unable...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Md Nurul Amin Howlader, a convicted Razakar, who was sentenced to death by International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 in absentia for his crime against humanity in 1971, reports BSS.The ICT-1 on July 20, 2023, convicted...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Friday reiterated his government's determination to hold fair elections, reports UNB."It is not a matter of us to see who came to power or left, our goal is to organise fair elections," the minister made...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been shifted to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) from the cabin of the Evercare Hospital in the capital on Friday on the advice of her medical board, reports UNB.Khaleda Zia's personal physician AZM Zahid Hossain...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) categorically said on Friday that they will not participate in elections under the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina government. "We (BNP) are on the streets. We are holding road marches. We have been on the movement with...
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 22 (BSS): Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud today said the national election will be held in a free, fair and impartial manner whether foreign observers come or not."The election...
Asia-Pacific markets were mixed as the Bank of Japan left its monetary policy unchanged after its latest meeting concluded on Friday, with some markets paring losses earlier in the day, reports CNBC.The central bank kept rates at -0.1 per cent,...
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